Breakfast links: Bacteria, weather patterns, and imports

Unleash the nanobots! A Scientific American article chronicles advances in nanotechnology, which allows researchers to harness some of our bacterial buddies and nemeses to deliver useful medication to sick cells. Which bacteria? There’s a ton, but the list includes E. coli and Listeria monocytogenes.

The next chapter in the “pink slime” saga unfolded Friday, with a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, which would require products that contain lean finely textured beef to be labeled.